Angelus News | August 26, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 17

“in the context of everything, it was
all so beautiful that showed how Vin
was a man of deep abiding faith in our
Lord Jesus and had a tremendous love
of his family.”
The faces of Dodgers history —
Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson, Clayton
Kershaw, Jaime Jarrin, Steve Garvey,
Dave Roberts — were among those in
the pews at St. Jude’s that day. After
hearing the readings picked by Vin’s
family (Proverbs 3:1–18, Psalm 23,
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Matthew
5:13–16) as well as a version of “The
Prayer” song made famous by Josh
Groban, the 600 people in attendance
may have felt more uplifted than
sorrowful that he had lived 94 years
until his Aug. 2 passing at his Hidden
Hills home.
“No matter how many famous people
may have been there in attendance,
it was still about the ordinary
person that Vin was, and the extraordinary
friend he was to all,” said Father
Davoren.
Vin is survived by five children —
Kevin, Todd, Erin, Kelly, and Catherine
— as well as 21 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his first wife,
Joan, and his second wife, Sandi, as
well as his oldest son, Michael.
Far from the lights of Dodger
Stadium, church seemed to be
Vin’s other natural habitat.
Father Stehly said it “was a lovely
thing to discover 11 years ago that Vin
Scully is exactly the guy we want to
think he is.” But he was also impressed
at how Vin “wasn’t shy about
putting voice to his faith.”
Yet for someone who made a career
talking, his actions also found surprising
ways to speak to LA baseball fans.
In a 2016 cover story for Sports Illustrated,
writer Tom Verducci wrote that
the “benevolence of Vin was rooted in
his [Catholic] faith. He emphasized
‘the most essential thing’ he learned
from his Faith and the Church was
‘the importance of continual commu-
The Scully family at Dodger Stadium. Pictured From
left to right: Todd, Erin, Catherine, Vin and Sandra
Scully, Kelly, and Kevin. | © JON SOOHOO/LOS
ANGELES DODGERS
nication with God.’ ”
Born in the Bronx, New York, on
Nov. 29, 1927, Vincent Edward
Scully grew up in uptown Manhattan
attending the Church of the Incarnation.
He was taught by the Jesuits at
Fordham Prep School, spent two years
in the Navy, and later graduated from
Fordham University in 1949.
At age 8, he recalled the time his
class wrote
Flowers and candles are
displayed at a memorial
honoring Vin Scully at
Dodger Stadium in Los
Angeles on Aug. 3.
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compositions for
teacher Sister
Virginia Maria
about their
career plans.
“All the boys
wanted to be
policemen, firemen,
doctors, the
girls were about
nursing or ballet dancers or becoming
mothers, but I wrote about being a
radio sports announcer,” he said. “It
wasn’t what Sister Virginia expected
to read about. There was no TV and
just a few things on the radio, maybe
a Saturday afternoon football game
between Ohio State and Notre Dame.
So when I said what I wanted to be,
that was way out in left field. When
I eventually got that job with the
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